[Worrymon]

Oh crap, just realized it's an AP article. So here goes.

There's a type of lizard that's native to New Zealand, called a Tuatara, which is regarded as one of the last links back to dinosaurs (like that icthy fish and crocodiles and alligators and caiman and sharks and the loch Ness monster). A zoo in NZ has had one of these critters since around 1970. He never had any interest in women until he had a cancerous growth removed in recent times. This prompted him to go out and sign up for all sorts of matchmaking services. He finally was able to find a nice young lady to build a nest with and last month, he fertilized her eggs. And he's 111 years old. But, since AP won't let you use more than two of their words together, I have to paraphrase the whole thing. (probably won't do this very often, but the snark is strong with me today...)


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(Picture is not of the proud centenarian father, just a random Tuatara)

[chris]

lol, didn't know that was an AP rule.

[kellyhound]

Glad to see he has some fun on his old age -)

[güttsfükk]

A rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found in Wellington, New Zealand.

The reptile known as a baby 'Tuatara,' has three eyes but is said to mostly resemble a lizard.

It was found by staff at the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, but until then had not been spotted in the country for around 200 years.
Conservation Manager, Raewyn Empson said: "We are all absolutely thrilled with this discovery."

Tuatara measure up to 80cm when fully grown and can live for up to 60 years.

According to zoologists, they are the last lizard-like species to have walked the earth with dinosaurs 225 million years ago.

They are said to live off insects and lizards, but also shockingly eat their own young.

They are a mainly nocturnal speices, and are able to regrow their tales if they become shredded.

They are sometimes referred to as "living fossils" as their appearance has not changed since the dinosaur age.

There are an estimated 50,000 of them living in the wild, but this is the first time one has been found on the mainland for 200 years.

Evolutionists are particularly interested in the species as they are related to snake and lizard families.

Source : http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Str...=searchresults

[Azimuth]

Bow chicka wow wow.

[annmarie]

incredible

[courtisycurtis]

What the hell is ap and who's stoppin u from usin 2 words in a row ill kill that in court

[DifJuz]

Rod Stewart's rival

[carlos616]

wow interesting

[petedeamon]

Gee, I hope his stripper wife makes him wear a condom after this!